Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 1237 Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The human delegation that successfully arrived at the center of the ELS mother planet probably didn't know that while they were having a conversation, a spaceship suddenly sent by the ELS mother planet landed on the deck of the MACROSS Kongo.

"It seems that we did not miss the opportunity for a third kind of contact."

Iolia and Efman, who did not enter the ELS mother planet center with the delegation due to their age and physical condition, looked at each other and smiled, feeling that the trip was worthwhile.

"Let's go! Go greet the guests."

He Ming stood up and everyone followed him.

Under King Kong's arrangement, the spacecraft from the ELS mother planet quickly docked in the central area of ​​the hangar, and the surrounding area was also cleared to create a more comfortable environment for subsequent communication.

However, the figure that walked down from the spaceship was not the conical or square metal cube in memory, but a silver-gray figure with a humanoid appearance.

Lux, who was standing behind He Ming, blinked and looked closely at the humanoid figure.

The hands are longer than the knees, with four fingers, and the legs are long and slender, and the proportion of the body height is enough to make some fetishists among humans call them long legs.

His skin is silver-grey, his eyes are narrow and long, his pupils are triangular, there seems to be a slightly raised shape between his eyebrows, his face is square, and there are slight traces of scales.

"It should be a race assimilated by the ELS."

Lux withdrew her gaze and secretly gave an evaluation.

The reason why such an image appears on the ELS mother planet is probably to enable face-to-face communication with oneself.

Compared to the original ELS, which was a block of metal, this humanoid image could play a better role in face-to-face communication.

The figure moved his eyes, glanced at King Kong, but immediately shifted his gaze to He Ming.

"Welcome friends from afar! I am, um, according to human understanding, you can call me Mu."

A strange and neutral voice with a hint of frustration sounded in everyone's mind.

Except for He Ming, everyone else showed a hint of surprise.

Especially Dr. Aiolia and Dr. Elfman.

The reason why they were able to communicate with Billy Katagiri who was on the Celestial Being was due to the help provided by the extremely high concentration of GN particles.

And right now, there is no sign of any explosion of ultra-high concentration GN particles.

The surrounding environment is in a very normal state.

In such a situation, how could they, who are not reformers, hear the voices from alien civilizations?
"Hmm? Are you the central consciousness of this planet?"

As golden light spread in his eyes, He Ming asked back.

The word "Mu" has a special meaning in ancient human civilization.

The humanoid figure in front of me used this word, probably to reveal his identity.

"Yes. According to your understanding, it is true."

He Ming looked at the other person's figure and shook his head slightly.

"But from the perspective of our civilization, the body you are using is somewhat inconsistent with the name Mu."

Hearing this, the other party paused obviously.

Then, the silver-gray figure surged and rolled, and a female figure with a height of 1.6 meters, a pair of ears of unknown species on her head, and a kind face suddenly appeared in front of them.

"I'm very sorry! Although we have started a conversation, due to the differences in our ideologies and memory methods, it will take some time for us to fully understand each other."

Mu said so.

"Yeah, I understand that."

He Ming looked at King Kong, who raised his hand slightly, and the chairs and tables for everyone to sit on were formed. Then, Maya walked out slowly, pushing a tea cart, adding some refreshments to the meeting.

Looking at the exquisite snacks brought by Maya, Mu was a little confused.

Because they don't need to eat like humans, but they didn't say anything.

The understanding gained from the conversation is the etiquette that humans have when entertaining guests.

"Thank you!"

Mu thought about it and decided to thank Maya in the human way.

Maya smiled slightly, nodded to Mu, and left with the tea cart.

"The dialogue between humans and you has already begun. But why did you come here alone?"

He Dan went straight to the point and asked the questions that were in his mind and in everyone else's mind.

"There is an indisputable fact that a dialogue is taking place. But it is only a dialogue with humans. And now, the second dialogue we hoped for is here."

Mu withdrew his gaze from the black tea in the cup and looked at He Ming.

After hearing what Mu said in everyone's mind, Aiolia pondered for a moment and finally asked.

"Second conversation? Do you mean to list us, or who is the third party?"

"May I ask you are?"

Mu turned his gaze towards Aeolia.

As a community of collective consciousness, Mu is actually somewhat unable to understand the uniqueness brought about by human independent consciousness.

"He is the teacher who leads mankind into the universe, Iolia Shuhanbek."

From creating the Celestial Beings to formulating a massive plan spanning three hundred years, secretly guiding humanity toward unification and guiding the birth of reformers, Iolia Shuhanbek is qualified to be called the mentor of today's humanity.

"Teacher? You are someone I cannot understand for the time being. But please allow me to pay you my highest respects! Teacher Iolia Shuhanbek."

"No, Mu, you are too kind. This is just the arrogant ideal of a lonely person. Let's get back to the topic!"

Although Iolia said this, from the changes in his eyes, one could still see how excited he was at the moment.

"Okay! Teacher Ioria."

Mu nodded and brought the conversation back to the point.

"In fact, we have been paying attention to the existence of humans since the day when the humans called the Legion came into contact with our wandering soldiers."

"The Most High?!"

A flash of light flashed through Kujo Lisa's mind, and she immediately realized something.

"Yes. It's that mechanized brain. Well, he seems to call himself "The Supreme Being". At the beginning, we thought that the Earth was their, the Supreme Being's, home planet, and we just sent out guerrillas to investigate, but they took the initiative to attack our guerrillas and triggered an anomaly."

"Anomaly? Was it the assimilation erosion that happened?"

Elfman recalled the critical point when the Supreme One fell into a crazy simulation and deduced the future of mankind, which was the encounter with the ELS and the mutation that occurred after assimilation and erosion.

"Yes. At that time, when our Rangers tried to assimilate with the Supreme Being, they were suddenly stopped by an unfamiliar force, which eventually led to us losing contact with the Rangers."

Mu looked at He Ming again.

"And when your fleet arrived here, I felt the presence of that power from you."

(End of this chapter)